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The kitchen was just plain ugly, with its lime green walls, broken floor tiles, cabinets that had been painted over twenty times in different colors and still looked greasy, and a 1970s electric [...]

“Automate your cash flow!” “Make money while you sleep!” “Build your financial future—effortlessly!” We’ve all heard those over-enthusiastic voices announce the “opportunity of a lifetime” in [...]

Finding leads on investment properties is hard. When I first started my real estate investment business, there were times when it felt like I was spinning my tires as I sought to find properties [...]

My new buddy called me up the other day with a problem. You see, he’s trying to buy a distressed multi-family complex in northern New Jersey and the property inspector he hired refused to take a [...]

My career took off after my kids started school and I was finally able to start saving for retirement with my company’s 401k plan, but it happened a little later in life than I had hoped. Each [...]

As an investor in distressed homes, it doesn’t bother me to go check on a potential investment that is run-down or doesn’t look tidy from the street. But, I won’t chase a deal if I can’t imagine [...]

In the years immediately following the housing bust, real estate investors swarmed in to scoop up the foreclosures. It seemed like there was a near-endless supply here in Chicago. But back then, [...]

On my 57th birthday, I quit my job. Then, I became a real estate investor. At first I was intrigued by Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs. I spent seemingly endless hours reading the latest [...]

I had very mixed emotions after my retirement party at the office where I had spent most of my career. Part of me was relieved to move on from being tied down to one job for so many years, but I [...]